2015 Canine Breeder Excellence Seminar at the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship

The 2015 Canine Breeder Excellence Seminar will be held on Friday, December 11, 2015 from 1:00 PM to 5:30 PM at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The seminar is powered by The American Kennel Club, Royal Canin, and the Theriogenology Foundation. Cost is $79 for preregistration and $99 for on-site registration. Registration is open and available here.

Topics covered include:

- Reproductive Nutrition from Drs. Jill Cline and Rick Kesler of Royal Canin

- “The stud is from Mars, the bitch is from Venus: Planning the difficult breeding”
A brief overview of the importance and application of advance preparations involved in canine breeding. Topics will include ovulation timing, semen evaluation, and the logistics of chilled and frozen artificial insemination along with other challenges faced when planning for that important breeding -Dr. Kit Kampschmidt

-”How to harvest the data to manage the yield: Using health databases to improve your success”
Using health databases can allow the breeder to choose potential breeding pairs that should decrease the incidence of disease. This information will help in decreasing frequency of inherited polygenetic and simple autosomal recessive related traits in breeds of dogs - Dr. Frances Smith

- “How to plant the seed and how to harvest the fruit”
Breeding methods to facilitate pregnancy, pregnancy diagnosis via ultrasound and parturition - Dr. William Schultz

- “Navigating the alphabet soup of genetic disease and testing”
With the growing advancements in genetics and the availability of genetic tests, which are being developed at an exponential rate, it is important for breeders to have a basic understanding of these techniques in order to control genetic diseases while maintaining genetic diversity, so bring your spoon! - Dr. Cindy O’Connor

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